Language Lab

Podcast by David Pitts

English

Technology & science

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About Language Lab

Hi. My name is David Pitts. I am a public school educator who has worked with Emergent Bilingual, ESL or EL students for seventeen years. I want to share information for parents to understand how schools support English Learner students and how you can be the best advocate for your child. I also have interests in language, philosophy and legal precedent as it relates to language and education in the United States. All of these important topics have direct impact on the education of the earliest of learners. In summary, good language education leads to peace. Follow along.

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15 episodes

Chomsky's Revolution - Universal Grammar

In this video I discuss Chomsky's Revolutionary linguistic concept of Universal Grammar. Specifically, I discuss, the Language Acquisition Device, Generative Language and Phrase Structure Syntax and Recursion.

21 Jan 2025 - 27 min

Into Linguistics University

This is the introduction to a series on an overview of linguistics and how each branch of linguistics influences educational instruction.

9 Dec 2024 - 19 min

Marzano's Vocabulary Instruction GPT Interview

In this episode I interview ChatGPT about Marzano's vocabulary instruction. We discuss the six steps as well as how to implement or support the steps with Comprehensible Input.

31 Oct 2024 - 35 min

Comprehension Hypothesis and Profit

This is a short follow up to the previous episode where I review Stephen Krashen's Article on SIOP claims. In this interview on YouTube, link below, Krashen claims that if we are serious about the Comprehension Hypothesis it could have a significant financial impact on the publishing industry. These conversations have forced me to pause and reconsider information I share with teachers regarding efficacy of instructional strategies. Here is link to full interview this short clip comes from. https://youtu.be/_VYfpL6lcjE?si=i8lrpLnlKeINBc23 [https://youtu.be/_VYfpL6lcjE?si=i8lrpLnlKeINBc23]

9 May 2024 - 7 min

Krashen on SIOP

I was trained in the SIOP method and have used it as a foundation for an instructional paradigm for 17 years. This short article by Stephen Krashen, https://www.sdkrashen.com/content/articles/2013_siop_research_support_claims.pdf [https://www.sdkrashen.com/content/articles/2013_siop_research_support_claims.pdf] made me take pause and think more carefully about SIOP claims as well as what aspects of SIOP may or may not be useful in regards to language acquisition.

7 May 2024 - 25 min

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